Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body and an outer cover coupled to the main body, wherein the outer cover includes a circuit layer, a base layer, a light-transmitting layer, a shielding layer, and a coating layer, which are sequentially arranged in a direction from a rear surface of the outer cover toward a front surface of the outer cover, and one or more light-emitting units arranged on the circuit layer, the base layer, the light-transmitting layer, the shielding layer, and the coating layer include a material capable of transmitting light, and light emitted from the light-emitting units sequentially passes through the base layer, the light-transmitting layer, the shielding layer, and the coating layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery cell assembly in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked includes a step of coupling battery cells adjacent to each other among the plurality of battery cells using a one-component liquid material, wherein the one-component liquid material is coated onto at least one battery cell of the battery cells adjacent to each other by a spray-coating method.

Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an aerosol generating device including a main body, a separation member detachably coupled to the main body, an accommodation hole penetrating the separation member and configured to accommodate an external device electrically connected to the aerosol generating device, and a separation guide hole connected to the accommodation hole and extending in a direction different from a direction in which the accommodation hole extends so that a separation tool for separating the separation member from the main body is inserted into the separation guide hole.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat a cigarette, a sensor unit configured to sense a parameter related to an operation of the heater, and a microcontroller unit configured to initialize the sensor unit when a heating event of the heater is initiated, attempt to communicate with the initialized sensor unit and determine whether communication with the sensor unit is normal, and when the communication with the sensor unit is determined to be abnormal, reattempt communication with the sensor unit.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an accommodation space for accommodating at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article inserted into the accommodation space, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, and a processor electrically connected to the heater and the battery, wherein the processor is configured to obtain at least one of data associated with an initial temperature of the heater, which is measured through the temperature sensor, and data associated with a final heating profile of the heater, and control power supply from the battery to the heater, based on the obtained data. Various embodiments may be made.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing, an accommodation portion located inside the housing and comprising an accommodation space configured to accommodate at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, and a coil arranged to surround at least one region of an outer circumferential surface of the accommodation portion and configured to generate an alternating magnetic field when power is supplied thereto, wherein the coil includes a first coil having a first resistance value, and a second coil arranged to be spaced apart from the first coil in a first direction in which the accommodation portion extends and having a second resistance value different from the first resistance value.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a communication interface connected to an external device, and a controller configured to communicate with the external device only when an external input is received in a state in which a connection between the communication interface and the external device is detected.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a cylindrical accommodation portion having an accommodation space configured to accommodate at least a portion of a cigarette in an inner space, a coil arranged outside the accommodation portion to generate an induced magnetic field, a battery configured to supply power to the coil, a sensor connector including a metal material, and arranged in the accommodation portion to contact the cigarette, a temperature sensor contacting the sensor connector, and two or more cigarette support elements supporting an outer surface of the cigarette, and spaced apart from each other on an inner wall of the accommodation portion to form an air flow passage between the cigarette and the accommodation portion.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an aerosol generating device includes a display including a display panel and a touch panel configured to receive a touch input, a battery, and a processor electrically connected to the display and the battery, wherein the processor is configured to detect that a power state of the aerosol generating device is changed to a first state and change the power state of the aerosol generating device to a second state, based on whether a touch input through the touch panel of the display is received within a threshold time after the power state is changed to the first state, the second state being distinguished from the first state. Various embodiments may be made.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating article including an aerosol generating material, a housing forming an exterior and having an inner space, an accommodation portion inside the housing and configured to accommodate the aerosol generating article, a battery inside the housing, a heating element inside the housing and configured to generate a magnetic field according to power from the battery, and a susceptor emitting heat because of the magnetic field generated by the heating element and configured to heat the aerosol generating article, wherein at least a portion of the heating element forms coils configured to generate the magnetic field, and the coils are electrically connected to each other, arranged along an outer circumferential surface of the accommodation portion, and configured to generate the magnetic field in a direction crossing a direction, in which the accommodation portion extends, when the power is supplied from the battery.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system according to one embodiment includes a cigarette having a first color band of which color changes in response to humidity, and an aerosol generating device including a main body including an accommodation passage for accommodating the cigarette, a heater for heating the cigarette, a color sensor arranged on one side of the accommodation passage and detecting a color of the first color band, and a controller for determining a humidity state of the cigarette, based on a detected color of the first color band.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a battery, an induction coil configured to generate an alternating magnetic field on the basis of power supplied from the battery, a susceptor configured to heat an aerosol generating substrate by using heat generated by the alternating magnetic field, a temperature sensor arranged adjacent to the susceptor and configured to output a temperature sensing value as detection information, and a controller configured to cut off power supplied to the induction coil, according to a first abnormal heating condition and a second abnormal heating condition, which are based on the detection information of the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A deposition apparatus including: a base substrate; an electrostatic chuck on the base substrate; and a plate on the electrostatic chuck. The plate has a first area in which first magnet units are arranged and a second area in which second magnet units are arranged. The first magnet units are spaced apart from each other at a first distance, and the second magnet units are spaced apart from each other at a second distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater configured to heat a cigarette, a temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of the heater, and a controller configured to determine a humidity state of the cigarette by calculating a temperature increase time of the cigarette by using the temperature sensor and by comparing the calculated temperature increase time of the cigarette with a preset threshold. The controller supplies power to the heater according to a basic temperature profile when the temperature increase time is less than the threshold, and supplies power to the heater according to a first correction profile when the temperature increase time is greater than or equal to the threshold.

Abstract: An octo mode program and erase operation method to reduce test time in a non-volatile memory device. M/8 word lines corresponding to an octo row, among M word lines, are simultaneously selected, and a write voltage is applied to memory cells connected to M/8 word lines corresponding to the octo row. A voltage that is different from the write voltage is applied to memory cells connected to the rest of word lines, except for M/8 word lines corresponding to the octo row, when the octo signal is applied to an address decoder.

Abstract: A wheel for reducing a resonance noise in a vehicle may include a cylindrical-shaped rim on which a tire is mounted, and waveguides mounted on the rim, disposed in a cavity which is a space between the rim and the tire, having a ‘U’-shaped internal passage through which a sound wave generated in the cavity enters, and configured to reflect the sound wave entering the internal passage to generate a sound wave having an inverse phase, wherein a center portion of the internal passage extends in an axial direction of the rim, and first and second end portions of the internal passage are connected to a center portion of the internal passage to allow the sound wave to propagate and extend in a circumferential direction of the rim.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; and a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a first area, a second area, and a third area that are sequentially positioned by dividing the semiconductor layer into three areas in a thickness direction of the semiconductor layer, wherein the semiconductor layer includes polycrystalline silicon, a concentration of fluorine contained in the semiconductor layer has a first peak value in the first area and a second peak value in the third area, and the first peak value of the concentration of the fluorine in the semiconductor layer is about 30% or less of the second peak value of the concentration of the fluorine in the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for providing an optimal path through a computer network includes predicting a subsequent action of a target user through an optimal path prediction model that is trained in a form of a graph representing a user action trajectory of a session unit and recommending a path of the predicted action as an optimal path. The recommendation includes identifying a user intent based on a previous action trajectory of the target user in a current session, and guiding a path corresponding to the user intent as one of the optimal paths.

Abstract: A 5th Generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates beyond 4th Generation (4G) communication systems such as long term evolution (LTE) systems. A method for transmitting download control information in a communication system is provided. The method includes configuring the control information indicating at least one control channel element (CCE) including at least one resource element group (REG) unit interleaved based on the interleaving information indicated by a higher layer signaling; and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the configured control information.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for a User Equipment (UE) with reduced processing capabilities (e.g., Machine Type Communication (MTC) UE) to transmit and receive signaling are provided. The Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats scheduling a transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) or a reception of a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) are designed and have a smaller size than respective DCI formats for conventional UEs. DCI formats scheduling PUSCHs to or PDSCHs for a group of MTC UEs are also designed and can have a same size as DCI formats scheduling PUSCH or PDSCH for an individual MTC UE.